Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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This search uses an automatic wild card at the end of the query to match all endings (unless the query is in double quotes).
The query is an ordered set of search terms, so viola l. will match "Viola L." and "Viola L. sect Viola."
Putting double quotes around your entire query will cause it to be matched exactly (except case). e.g. "Viola L." will match just Viola L.
You can use a % as a wild card inside the search query e.g. hakea elon% be or "hakea % var. elon% benth." to find "Hakea ceratophylla var. elongata Benth."

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Showing Poa laevis

Poaceae Barnhart

Poa laevis R.Br.

, legitimate

, scientific

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

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179

[tax. nov.]

Type: "(D.) v.v."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (14 December 1816), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 4(2)

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707

[basionym]

basionym of:

Arundo laevis (R.Br.) Poir.

nom. illeg.

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7

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652

[basionym]

basionym of:

Poa caespitosa var. laevis (R.Br.) Benth.

legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses

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24

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Poa caespitosa G.Forst. ex Spreng.

nom. illeg.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

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123

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Poa australis R.Br.

nom. illeg.

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae.

Flora of Western Australia

:

108

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Poa australis R.Br.

nom. illeg.

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)

:

66

[secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (7 December 1970), A taxonomic study of the genus Poa L. in Australia.

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium

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208

[secondary reference]

Type: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: King Georges Sound, R. Brown No. 6289 (BM; duplicates at K and MEL; photograph at NSW)."

Vickery, J.W. (7 December 1970), A taxonomic study of the genus Poa L. in Australia.

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium

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208

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Poa poiformis (Labill.) Druce

legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

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51

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Poa poiformis (Labill.) Druce

legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

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220

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Poa poiformis (Labill.) Druce var. poiformis

legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae.

Flora of Victoria

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433

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Poa poiformis (Labill.) Druce

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Poa poiformis (Labill.) Druce

legitimate

Walsh, N.G., Weiller, C.M. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Poa.

Flora of Australia

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335

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Poa poiformis (Labill.) Druce

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census

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-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Poa poiformis (Labill.) Druce

legitimate